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. R. E. DANIELS. METAL RAILRGAD TIB ANCHOR.

' Patented July 17, 1894.

THE Nonms Prrzks ou., Hom-urne., WASHINGTON. n4 c.

UNITED STATESy PATENT ROBERT E. DANIELS, OF YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO, ASSIGNORTO TIIE DANIELS STEEL RAILROAD TIE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

M ETALRAILROAD=TI E ANCHOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,974, dated July 17,1894.

" Application tiled April 19, 1894. Serial No. 508,099. (No model.)

To aZZ. whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT E. DANIELs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Youngstown, in the county ot' Mahoning and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metal-Railroad-TieAnchors; and I do hereby declare the following'to be a full, clear, andexact description of my invention, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

The'object of myinvention is a metal railroad tie anchor, applicable toany corrugated metal railroad tie, but especially designed for use withthe tie patented to me by Letters Patent of the United States numbered482,997, dated September 20, 1892, which anchor presents a means forsecuring such ties against lateral movement in the road bed, that 1s newand highly useful in the art of railroad construction and maintenance,particularly on curves where the tendency to such movement is greatest.I accomplish this obJ ect by the device hereinafter described, andillustrated in the drawings, in which- Figure l represents a section ofrailroad track in which my anchor A is employed with the corrugated tieT, the anchor being shown by dotted lines applied to one tie. Fig. 2 isa vertical cross sectional view of a portion of track and road bed inthe line Y Y of Fig. l, showing in cross section the rail R, and sideviews of the anchor A, a portion of the tie T, and, partially in dottedlines, the clamps O O held by the bolts b b,- and Fig. 3 is a verticalcross sectional view of the same on the line X X of Fig. 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all views. As will be seen byinspection ot the drawings my tie anchor A is formed ot' a section ofsuitable length of a corrugated metal tie, similar to that to which itsupplies an anchor, bent downward at both ends, so that, when in place,the grooves or channels on its upper surface supply bed snugly to thenether surface to the corresponding portions of the tie T, the two beingheld together by the bolts b b, which, passing through apertures inboth, also pass through the horizontal portions of the clamps C O thatin place within the channel of the tie hold the raiLR thereto by partsclasping over the rail flange as seen at Figs. l and 2.

I make the downward bend of the ends of iny anchor A preferably uponcurved lines at the point of deilection because ot the greaterelasticity given by curves than by angles, and, if desired, the bend mayoccur at one end only. The anchor A represented in the drawings isapplicable to the tie patented to me, as stated, and consequently on itstransverse lines it is everywhere on a curve less than a half circle. Itmay, however,be made for use with any form of corrugated steel railwayties, as stated by presenting the same corrugations as the tie withwhich used.

The tie T and anchorAare of equal breadth while the length of the latteris eight inches in the horizontal and bent portions each, the angle ofinclination of the latter being fortyiive degrees. The lengths andangles of inclinations are, however, variable.

It will be seen that, with my device attached to the tie in the mannerstated, the point of attachment being immediately below the rail, andwith its curved or bent portions impacted in the road bed material, avery secure anchorage of the tie is obtained, this being a matter ofgreat importance in railroad construction where metal ties are used.

The corrugated metal railway tie anchor A consisting of a suitablelength of corrugated metal corresponding inthe form of its corrugationswith the tie with which use d, having one or both oi' its ends bentdownward, and presenting centrally two apertures, substantially asdescribed and for the purpose expressed. V

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ROBERT E. DANIELS.

, Witnesses:

E. R. CHAPMAN, JOHN LEE PASTE.

